Skipper

[annie]

 

 

but is it a large or small skipper?

 

I think it is a large but would appreciate confirmation one way or another

look at the length of that tongue...................!

[Terry]

Another cracking set. Well caught

[JohnP]

Brilliant shots annie... it could possibly be an Essex Skipper as they have black tips to the antennae and this one looks to have black tips although it's hard to be sure.

[annie]

I looked at Essex skippers and there was a reason why I thought it was not one of them...can't remember why?

[bugmeister]

I'm leaning towards the large skipper rather than the Essex because the latter tends to have a wider and darker fringe around the trailing edges of the wings, and a less pronounced mid-wing dark area.

 

(of course I could be totally wrong )

 

p.s. lovely shots

[geodar]

according to my butterflies & moths book it is a large skipper, the larger black marks on the wings compared to the small skipper.

nice clear shots by the way.

Geoff

p.s in the book they are more orange in colour than yellow.

[JohnP]

It's hard to tell... I have just been reading up on Skippers... Male Large Skippers have thick black line through centre of fore-wing which this one doesn't appear to have which means it might be a female Large Skipper... anyway it's beautiful shots of what ever it is... 

[Black Pearl]

First shot - wow wow wow wow wow wow!

[FUJI]

Annie you are getting seriously good at this now.

FUJI

[annie]

thanks all.

 

a large skipper it is.

[NannyFerret]

That's absolutely amazing, Annie.

[fuzzyedges]

It looks like the large skipper in my I spy book although it dosnt show you a small one

[annie]

and its worth 15 points fuzzy..

[Guest]

Very good Annie.

[annie]

thank you bill...

[Kobione]

Great shots, Annie - that first is a cracker!